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PICTURESQUE LAKE TRAVIS, NEAR AUSTIN, TEXAS [cover title].
(Austin, TX. Lake Travis Improvement Assn.), nd [ca. Narrow 8vo. 8-panel promotional for outdoor opportunities on the lake; the verso is a map of the lake. Illustrated self-wrappers. More
Western Americana
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1890. 4to.; 458pp., (3). Illus. Containing full page portraits & biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county, the governors of the state & the Presidents of the United States. Also included are sketches of the residences of prminent citizens. Gilt decorated full leather. All page edges... More
PRESENTED BY PETER SCHUTTLER, CHICAGO. [caption title below image]
Buffalo & Chicago: Clay & Co. nd [ca. 1878?]. Chromolithographic advertising print, 17 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches [image], on a 20 x 26 inch sheet, an elaborately illustrated advertisement for "The Old Reliable Schuttler Wagon." A frontier trading post or fort is shown partially surrounded by a stockade set... More
Proclamation, / [followed by 12 lines of text], signed in type "James M. Jones, /Sheriff of Clay County," and dated "Office, Jan. 25, 1866."
[Liberty, MO?, 1866]. Printed broadside, 7 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches, the first line in large display type. The text announces a date for a local election to fill the position left vacant when state representative Thomas C. Gordon died. Not recorded on OCLC. Top edge unevenly trimmed, else very good. More
PROSPECTUS, VICTORIA GOLD MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA [cover title].
Np, nd [ca. 1900]. 12mo. (6) pp. Original printed white wrappers. Very good. Prospectus, offering stock in the mine to raise money for renewing work there. "Resurrection of old mining properties under the application of the lately discovered methods of treating ores, enabling the extraction of the precious metals which... More
PROSPECTUS... NATIONAL LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY
Philadelphia: Printed by Alfred M. Slocum Co., 123-125 N. 4th St., Philadelphia, (1896). Printed purple type on beige wrappers, 6 3/4 x 16 3/4 cm. 19pp. String tied binding. Accompanied by NATIONAL LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY. [Same place, printer, nd]. Beige wrappers with brown type, 20 1/2 x 25 1/2... More
Purchase of two section of land in the Chickasaw Nation, as described in a manuscript deed dated April 11, 1836.
Single sheet, measuring 32 x 20 cm., approx. 160 words. Creased from folding, with short splits at folds. The articles of agreement between Joseph M. Matthews and Bill McNeal state that Matthews "purchased of O-nah ha an Indian woman in the Chickasaw Nation two sections of land... which claims he... More
RAILROAD MAP OF OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Corporation Commission; printed by the Kenyon Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1922. Large folding map, measuring 66 x 129 cm., folded into a 19 x 11 cm. blue-grey folder. Compiled and drawn by the Engineering Dept., J.M. Hull and J.S. Nelson, draughtsmen. The legend includes a list of... More
RECEIPT FOR SUNDRIES SOLD TO BY THE FIRM OF CELESTIN JAGOU, WHOLESALE DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, ELIZABETH STREET [BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, JUNE 30, 1874].
Brownsville, Texas: Maltby's Job Print, n.d. (1874). A printed receipt, on lined letterhead paper, measuring 18 x 21 1/2 cm., filled in in manuscript. The firm of Celestin Jagou sold to a Major Nicholls, sundres, including a mexican eagle dollar. Payment received and receipt signed in manuscript by Celestin Jagou... More
REPORT, IN PART, OF THE COMMITTEE WHO WERE DIRECTED... TO ENQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF AMENDING THE SEVERAL ACTS PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.; December 2, 1803. Read, & referred to a Committee of the whole House.
Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 4pp. Along with FARTHER REPORT IN PART, OF THE COMMITTEE WHO WERE DIRECTED "TO ENQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF AMENDING THE SEVERAL ACTS PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES." January 27, 1804. Read, & referred to a Committee of the whole... More
Reporting on his health, a man writes to his brother from the resort at Bartlett Springs, California, in a manuscript letter dated Dec. 13, 1877.
A 4-page letter, on lined paper, approx. 350 words. The author [A. Le--?] has been at Bartlett Springs for six weeks, and expects to remain another 3 or 4 weeks, while his health improves. He says that Anna is staying at Emery's, since her eyes were not well enough for... More
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
Riverside, CA: Riverside County Chamber of Commerce, 1940. Pictorial red & black paperwraps (small abrasion to rear wrap, and some spotting to front wrap). Small 4to, folded to a narrow 8vo. (19) pp. Printed double-columns, with numerous black & white photos, and a map of the county. A promotional for... More
Sale Of / Real Estate. / [followed by 25 lines of text describing the sale] / Signed in type: "David Delauney, O.N. Bostwick, A Landreville, Frs. Valois, Arch'd. Gamble, Comm'rs. St. Louis, Jan. 21st, 1826."
St. Louis, (MO): 1826. Printed broadside, 10 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, inlcluding three large display types; docketed on the verso (with ink bleed-through). The broadside announces the sale of property owned by Charles Gratiot, describing a large parcel of land with home... More
SALE OF REAL ESTATE. OCTOBER 10, 1863.
Printed broadside, on yellow paper, measuring 12 x 6 inches. William B. Allen, administrator of the estate of John Upp, deceased, will offer some real estate, the property of Upp, for sale at the Court House in the city of Savannah, county of Andrew on Nov. 2, 1863. Handwritten note... More
SAMARKAND, HEART'S DESIRE, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA [cover title.]
[Santa Barbara, CA?]: The hotel, nd [1920s]. 24mo. (28) pp. Lower margin illustrations from line drawings throughout, depicting the town and activities in the hotel, double-page map of the hotel and its grounds and a street plan for the city. Promotional for the hotel and its amenities, with a romantic... More
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: THE GATEWAY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
NP: published by Authority Board of Supervisors, nd [ca.1914]. Color illustrated paperwraps. 20 cm.; [32 pp.]. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. Two small maps, including one on the inside of the rear wrapper. A very good copy. More
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA: CITY AND COUNTY
San Diego, CA: The Board of Supervisors and The Chamber of Commerce of San Diego County, n.d. (1914). Illustrated oil-cloth style paperwraps. 25 cm.; 56 pp. Illustrated with numerous black & white photos, a double-page map of the harbor, and advertisements for the year long San Diego Exposition to be... More
SAN JOAQUIN REPUBLICAN / EXTRA!! / BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
NP [Stockton, CA]: n.d. (1856). Broadside newspaper supplement, 42 x 15 cm. The extra reported on disasters of the day, including the train wreck involving passengers making the transfer from the steamship "George Law" from New York, on the Panama Railroad, leaving 15 dead and many missing; several fires in... More
SAN JOSE (SAN HOSAY) SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. (cover title).
San Jose, California: Issued by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce; Press of Melvin & Murgotten, Inc. n.d. (ca.1908). Illustrated paperwraps. 18 cm.; 35, (2) pp. Photo illustrations. The front wrapper shows an illustration of Lick Observatory, groves of flowering trees, a palm tree, and an inset of ostriches; the... More
SANTA BARBARA BILTMORE [cover title]
[Santa Barbara, CA?]: The hotel, nd [1920s]. Oblong 12mo. (30) pp. Illustrations from line drawings of activities in the hotel, double-page color illustration of the "Los Angeles Biltmore" in its setting across from a park and double-page color bird's-eye views of the "Flintridge Biltmore, Pasadena, California" and the "Arizona Biltmore... More
SANTA CLARA COUNTY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA [cover title]; (Photos by Andrew P. Hill, San Jose, CA.)
(San Jose, CA: San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Press of Muirson & Wright, nd [ca.1920]. Promotional. Small oblong 4to. (18) pp., each page with one or more illustrations from photographs, with detailed captions and two pages of text. Excellent promotional for the county, emphasizing, agricultural opportunities and amenities of the... More
SELLING THE OLD BUFFALO, LEON COUNTY, "COLORED" SCHOOL PROPERTY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A NEW ONE, in a typed document, signed 21 July 1919, by the seven members of the board of trustees for the school district and overseeing County Judge C. D. Craig; docketed by three county officials.
Folio. (3) pp. Folded into wrappers (separated at one fold). "Having procured a more desirable site for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a Public School for the colored people of said district ... it was to the best interest of said School Community to sell and dispose of the... More
SEMI TROPIC CALIFORNIA [cover title]
Los Angeles, CA: (Southern Pacific Co.), nd [ca.1915]. First edition. 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs, folding map (showing the railroad's service area in greater Los Angeles). Excellent promotional for all of the towns in the service area. Apparently not in Rocq. OCLC locates six copies (Yale; California State Lib.;... More
SENATE REPORT. JANUARY 9, 1817. THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC LANDS WHO WERE INSTRUCTED.."TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF AUTHORIZING, BY LAW, AN EXCHANGE OF TERRITORY WITH ANY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES."
Senate Report [42], 1817. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 5pp. Resolution to appropriate funds to allow the President of the United States to treat with Indian tribes for the purpose of exchanging any Indian owned lands east of the Mississippi for territory west of that river. Small library stamp on first page. Very good. More
Seven typed letters, signed by the general manager of the Golconda Gold Mining and Milling Co. of Colorado, dated Feb. 12- March 19, 1897, plus a hand-drawn diagram of three of the mines shafts, all on company letterhead.
[Victor, CO]: 1897. Retained copies of correspondence for seven letters (15 pages, rectos only; approx. 2500 words), plus a hand-drawn diagram for the "Nellie V. Shaft," the "April Fool Shaft," and the "Golconda No. 2 Shaft." The letterhead stationery is illustrated with a 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. printed... More